Submitting SAS Statements

Creating Graphics in a SUBMIT Block

If you use the SUBMIT statement to call a SAS procedure that creates a graph, that graph is sent to the current ODS destination. The following statements call the UNIVARIATE procedure, which creates a histogram as part of the analysis:

ods graphics on;

proc iml;
msg1 = "First PRINT Statement in PROC IML";
msg2 = "Second PRINT Statement in PROC IML";
print msg1;

submit;
ods select Moments Histogram;
proc univariate data=Sashelp.Class;
   var Height;
   histogram / kernel;
run;
endsubmit;

print msg2;
ods graphics off;

When you run the program, the PROC UNIVARIATE output is interleaved with the PROC IML output. The output from the program is shown in Figure 11.6 through Figure 11.8.

Figure 11.6: Output from PROC IML and from SUBMIT Block

msg1
First PRINT Statement in PROC IML

The UNIVARIATE Procedure

Variable: Height

Moments
N	19	Sum Weights	19
Mean	62.3368421	Sum Observations	1184.4
Std Deviation	5.12707525	Variance	26.2869006
Skewness	-0.2596696	Kurtosis	-0.1389692
Uncorrected SS	74304.92	Corrected SS	473.164211
Coeff Variation	8.22479143	Std Error Mean	1.17623173

Figure 11.7: Graphic Created in a SUBMIT Block

Figure 11.8: Further PROC IML Output

msg2
Second PRINT Statement in PROC IML